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November 9, 2015

Namaikizakari [Chapter 35]

While reading a basketball magazine, Shizuka asks to watch a
practice competition, who against who? His friend says that it is Ryohoku vs
Atsumori [guesswork from 厚森] and it is also Saturday so their senpai-s are also
going. Shizuka asks where the venue is. His friend says at Ryohoku. Shizuka
immediately refuses. His friend teases him by laughing that it is because he is
too scared of coed school though yesterday at the station, a female high
schooler groped his butt. There is a scene of a couple of fangirls squealing
that it is Shizu-chan, then, one of them touched his butt. Aghast Shizuka tells
him to absolutely do not tell that to their captain. His friend says okay,
okay. [I think] he also says that the Winter Cup qualifiers is also coming soon
and it is part of practice to check out the situation at the enemy’s camp,
right? At Ryuhoku, Himiko’s cheering squad is all fired up that they ask her to
listen to the new cheering style they plan to use for tomorrow’s competition.
“One- Two- Ah-thanks for waiting for such a long time, our brothers. *bang bang
bang bang* Two-colored hair shoot three points. *bang bang bang bang* In- In-
Amamiya”

Inside the gym, Amamiya angrily shouts if it is him [they’re
referring to], quickly shut up for he’ll get them for that. Yuki tells them not
to arrange things on their own and please do it in accordance to what she asked
them and also, it is fine for them to wear their PE uniform [and not
oendan-type uniforms]. Narration: “School’s second term has started and it is already
mid-September.. Tomorrow, it is their practice competition after a long time.”
While Yuki is hanging up the laundry, she thinks that Atsumori High..based on
strength, it is hard to tell who is superior between them although she can
relax a bit since it isn’t an official competition. She tells herself not to
lower her guard because it is a practice game and she should concentrate.. And,
Shou appears in front of her and asks for a kiss. Yuki refuses. Shou urges her
to come on, come on, anyway, the club activity is already over. She asks him if
he cannot see that there are still people around and can’t he hear that there
are still conversation voices. The others are greeting each other
‘otsukaresama’[/good work] and ‘see you tomorrow’/ Shou calls Yuki stingy when
obviously a short while ago, she would take the initiative to close her eyes.
Yuki darkly thinks that she knew he’ll say that and this stinky brat isn’t
satisfied with small gains [/give him an inch and he’ll want a mile].. Yuki
says okay..okay, quickly go back and rest and even if it is a practice game,
tomorrow he[/they] must guarantee winning.. Shou says okay.

From behind the hanged towel, Shou kisses her. He licks his
lips and says that this can already make him win and it’s more than enough. As
he goes back to the others, someone tells Shou that they eat together. Shou
asks if it is his treat-? Blushing and sweating Yuki starts muttering,
‘one∙ten∙hundred∙thousand∙ten thousand∙100 million∙trillion..’ <- currently
doing her best to maintain her usual mindset. Yuki thinks that thinking about
it, it is because she feared that Shou would be taken away by someone that she
was excessively impulsive so in the end, she had thoroughly forgotten the
original worrisome problem..‘limits’. While scribbling on her desk at home, Yuki
thinks that club is club, study is study and love is love, as things are now,
she cannot relax on either one. She blushes a bit upon recalling Shou saying
that he already no longer wants to see that kind on impression on her. She
thinks that she’ll definitely do her best. Then, she notices that it is already
12 midnight. So, she has to quickly sleep for tomorrow’s competition.. Later
on, She hears some running footsteps. The door opens and her twin sisters come
in while holding a packaged gift. They happily calls out, “Sis, happy
birthday--♡♡” Yuki is aghast as she is about to lie down on her
bed. She asks, ..eh.

Her sisters ask what’s up with the ‘eh’ and it is already 12
midnight so happy 18th birthday--!! They happily tell her to quickly open the
gift to look at it and actually they already ate up the cake just now. Yuki
thinks, ..it turns out that.. When it is 630am, walking to school, Yuki thinks
that it is because she is wholeheartedly balancing all sorts of things that in
the end, she unexpectedly forgot her own birthday. And speaking of this kind of
situation, should she tell Shou that today is her birthday.. “But, but he also
didn’t ask me. On his birthday, I also didn’t give him anything. The most
important thing is, the competition is coming up so basically, this isn’t the
time to tell him. –okay, I’ll keep it from him.” In front of the gym, Amamiya
and Shouji exclaim what’s up with this!!! There are many students in front with
some fangirls asking where Shou is. Tonomura says that it seems that they came
to see today’s competition and after they joined the Kanto Tournament, Shou
unexpectedly started to get a lot of attention. Someone tells Miyoshi-sensei to
trouble himself into clearing a way for everyone. Miyoshi complains what’s up
with this, how troublesome.. Then, Nishiyama notices someone. He suddenly
screams out loud at Shizuka.

Pointing at Shizuka, Amamiya says that he is Mizusu’s..
Hugging Amamiya, Nishiyama shouts, “Stalker!!” Sweatdropping Shizuka denies it.
They ask then how come he is hiding in this place! Shizuka tries to explain
that it is because there are too many females so he went to hide.. The two ask
if Shizuka came to look for Yuki.. Shou arrives and says, “Stalker. Who is
stalking who?” While Shizuka freezes, the others call out to Shou. Amamiya and
Nishiyama inform Shou that before, this guy always pestered them to death to
ask about Yuki’s house address.. Shou asks, house? The two says that right now,
he is acting suspicious and hiding in a dark place.. Just then, someone calls
out to Amamiya and Nishiyama that the coach is calling for them. As the two go
and thought of telling the coach about this but he has zero fighting power and
even if they tell Miyoshi, he cannot do anything of help [?; text too small so
I’m not too sure on this part] Shou asks why he went to Yuki’s house. Shizuka
says that it isn’t anything urgent and by the way, since Shou ‘no longer likes
her’ then it has nothing to do with him, right. This made Shou look dark. He
suddenly grabs Shizuka’s bag handle. Shizuka exclaims what he is doing, quickly
let go.

Shou says that it turns out that he was the one with Yuki
during that matsuri so what is he doing. Shizuka angrily asks, ha!? Then,
Shizuka recalls hugging Yuki and saying, ‘I don’t want to let go..” This made
Shizuka blush and stammers that it is nothing at all. Shou says that he is also
really lousy in telling lies that his voice even changed tone. Trying to free
his bag from Shou’s hold, Shizuka says that he’s noisy to death and let him go.
Shou says that if he didn’t do anything then how come his nose bled. Shizuka
exclaims, Nosebleed!? Shou asks if it didn’t bleed. Shizuka angrily shouts for
him to quit joking around. Just then, Yuki calls out to Shou and asks what he
is doing at this kind of place for it is almost time to prepare.. Then, she
asks what they are doing. On the ground, the two are kicking each other while
Shou continues to grab Shizuka’s bag. Shou tells Yuki that they’re chatting.
Shizuka says that no, they’re not. While Shizuka looks away, Yuki asks if he
came to watch the competition.. Shizuka mutters, ..eh. Then, Yuki recalls him
asking if it is no good if it isn’t Shou. Then, Yuki suddenly become quiet.
Shou asks what’s up for them to suddenly act awkward like that on their own. He
grabs Yuki’s hand and says that they’re going. Shizuka watches the two leave
while holding hands.

Thinking that this is bad and just before the competition,
Yuki tries to call out to Shou. Shou asks if Shizuka really went to her house. Yuki
says that even if it is true but he came over to talk about the club activity
so don’t get all stirred up and nothing really happened so in short, right
now.. Shou says, concentrate his energy for the competition, right, he knows
that. “That idiot is watching so how can I lose.” Yuki thinks that even if it
is hard to understand but he seems to be very angry. <- referring to a
popped vein on Shou’s face. She thinks that honestly speaking, for her to say
that NOTHING happened between her and Shizuka is a lie but no matter what is
Shizuka’s real thoughts and no matter how she tried to understand it, but in
the end, why would she feel so relaxed in his embrace-- <- that she called
out, ‘grandmother..’ and she herself doesn’t understand it thoroughly. At the
competition, Shou shoots the ball in the basket. Fangirls squeal. While Abe and
others cheer for Shou, the coach says that the situation is very good. Yuki is
relieved for she is still worried whether or not he’ll rage but in the end, he
is very calm. She must also switch mode[?/ be serious and not thinking about
romance stuff]. Ryohoku has 57 points while Atsumori has 43 points.

The coach tells Hatori and Noda to get ready to play. Yuki
asks if they are going to replace players. Coach says yes, just now, he talked
with the third year official members that from today on, they’ll let the first
and second year become the main force and to properly do their best. Yuki
thinks is that so.. In the game, Noda catches the ball and wonders what to do.
<- first time in a competition. He thinks that he must quickly break through
the menacing opponents. Shou calls out to him so he immediately throws the ball
to him. The opponents say that it is number 11, stop him. Yuki thinks that
Ryohoku cannot always stop, next—it is Shou and the others’ turn. Soon, Ryohoku
won 75 against Atsumori’s 62. Everyone thanks each other for the game. Noda
says that he is really so nervous. Shou looks at their final score. While
preparing to leave, some girls are talking about how cool Shou is and it’s
great that Ryuhoku won. Kira tells Shizuka that his friend’s popularity is very
high. Shizuka says that Shou isn’t his friend. Just then, she overhears someone
calling out to Yuki. It is Yuki’s friends.

They say that Yuki will have to clean up afterwards, and it
wasn’t easy for them to bring her birthday gift over but if she’s busy, then
they’ll just give it to her the day after tomorrow even if it will be late for
two days-- Shizuka nervously thinks that it is Yuki’s birthday today!? Kira
calls out to Shizuka that if he is staring off in this kind of place, his butt
will get groped again. Shizuka turns around and apologizes. He tells them to please
go on ahead. Narration: “—already, can no longer hide--” While Yuki is walking
behind the building, Shizuka calls out to her. Narration: “-this person is very
special.” Surprised Yuki asks what is it..ah..thank you for watching the
competition today. Shizuka says about that..please forget that thing before.
“Actually, I didn’t at all plan to do that thing to you. [<- hugging her] I
shouldn’t meddle between you and Shou’s affairs.” He recalls Yuki’s hope that
he can always be Shou’s opponent. He thinks, so, he’ll do that for this person,
only this.. Shizuka says then, they’ll see each other again during the Winter
Cup’s qualifiers. She says yes. Shizuka says, “Also, I heard someone say..
*bows* I wish you a happy birthday. Goodbye.” As he turns to leave, Yuki
mutters her thanks. She wonders who said it and to whom. Serious Shizuka
mentally tells Yuki that he already cannot defeat them again. [<-? probably referring to how Shou won despite of
what happened earlier so the two has a deep relationship?]

Yuki is wondering what does ‘forget about it’ refer to and
is it about her considering what he did to her didn’t happened at all but then,
at least there’s no need to make Shou do some wild guess.. As she passes the
corner of the building, sitting Shou asks what is that birthday all about? Yuki
freezes and wonders since when is he.. Shou asks if it is his her birthday
today. She says,..probably. Shou asks how come it is ‘probably’, how come
she’ll hide it and how come she won’t look at him. Yuki thinks that it is an
unprecedented fierce ‘how come’ attack. While she wonders what to do, Shou
greets her a happy birthday. He mutters that obviously, he wanted to be the first
to greet her. And, he starts to stare at some stick. Blushing and nervous, Yuki
feels her chest has a piercing pain and how come she is in such a difficult
situation. While fiddling the stick on the ground, Shou asks how come
unexpectedly, that pervert Shizuka got to be first, how baffling-- Yuki thinks
that she obviously decided that she cannot relax in either club, love and
studies. Yuki says that she isn’t hiding it at all..she is only thinking that
it will distract him from the competition and it is very difficult for her to
take the initiative to say it out.. “~~during your birthday, I also didn’t give
you anything..” She is startled when he says that he already doesn’t need it.
He looks at her and says, “It is because I already got Yuki-senpai so I don’t
need a gift.” This made Yuki blush and think that even if she doesn’t want to
make him angry, even if she thought that..

Shou says by the way, they shouldn’t be talking about him
right now and is there something that she wants.. He is surprised that Yuki is
already sitting beside him. Blushing, she tells him that she also doesn’t need
anything.. Shou looks surprised. He holds her hand tightly. He kisses her hand,
bites her ear and kisses her. She thinks that in order to go steady with him,
in order to mutually depend on each other.. Shou greets Yuki again a happy 18
birthday. “By the way, what number is Shizuka who greeted you [happy
birthday]?” Yuki thinks that he can astonishingly pester someone endlessly.
After counting it, Yuki says that Shizuka is the 7th. Drawing a cat and a dog
on the ground with his stick, Shou asks how come it is that many people.
Shizuka says that there are her siblings and mother. He tells her that she’s
lying. She says that she isn’t. Narration: “In order to stay closer to him, I
must do my best. ..definitely on my 18..” Shou says that by the way, she is 18
so they can do those all sort of R18 prohibited things, right?” Yuki
immediately interrupts and says, driving car-type [of things]. Then, she moves
away from him. He asks how come she is going far away. Yuki says that it’s
unconscious, and by the way, the meeting is going to start soon. He asks how
come she won’t look at him. She says that it is unconscious. Narration: “will
become a busy and dazzling time that has never happened before.”

Comment: And, I
wonder if that kind of sexual harassment made Shizuka fear girls ^^;;
Apparently, in this series, birthday presents are no big deal when you finally
get ‘yes’ of the one whom you are after for such a long time =P So far, Yuki is
improving as she works hard in balancing everything. It is funny how the others
thought that Shizuka is some sort of stalker. I guess that is one ‘payback’ at
Shou for saying ‘that’ in public. Much to his chagrin, Shou cannot deny it
either. Well, for Shizuka, because of pestering the two for Yuki's address, they thought he is a stalker. ^^; And, it is amusing how these two ‘fight’ since they are like
kids/little boys ^^;; It seems that Shizuka isn’t going to actively pursue Yuki
and he is just going to fulfill her wish regarding what he has to do for her. Shou
has grown up a bit in keeping his emotions in check during the competition and
he can just ‘have a tantrum/acting spoiled’ afterwards =P What he said can indeed make someone
feel really guilty. So, we got our lovey-dovey though from Yuki’s reaction, any
R18 type stuff won’t be happening soon. Hm..I wonder if that will keep Yuki
‘overthinking’ in the next chapters ^^; Scans by 红莲汉化组

Quote of the day:

To keep your own secrets is wisdom; but to expect others to keep
them is folly. ~ William Scott Downey

Poor Shizuka, lol. It's probably because he's like that some girls find me to be an easy target to touch. Anyways, although I like don't want Shizuka and Yuki together I like him to be in their lives. As for Shou,he is now taking basketball very seriously for he doesn't want to disappoint Yuki either. Not that he will in Yuki's eyes but that's one of his good points too. I can't wait for the next chapter, Yuki is so cute. :)

Oh, I was wondering too. Kat, are you going to translate that one Namaikizakari chapter with them acting as a.... host club? I wonder what Abe said at the end, I guess that was his fantasy.

Abe was running out and saying that he is going to pee on his pants then screams after seeing the kissing scene. Then, during the stretching exercise, Abe says that is what he dreamed of last night and what does he think of it. Shou says that it is good. Yuki says that it is bad. That's it.

Thank you Kat, as always! Didn't like Shizuka this time, in my eyes, he indeed seemed like a stalker, pestering people to give someone adress, despite having his excuses, hiding like that and going all stealth mode behind Yuki... Better he acts like a rival only in basket, or else I'll get tired of him and his sillyness towards girls and stubornness towards Yuki, I'm telling you, lol.

Sho kept his act together, that's good to see, and Yuki went after him by her own will, that's good too. I just get all this stingness when I see her over think everything, like how she said/thought she only agreed to go 'steady' with Sho out of fear of losing him... and now she even starts to consider lil' Shizu-chan... Tsc, better embrace myself for some drama plot soon. T___T

Thanks again, and it appears that I couldn't comment before was indeed 'cause I didn't alowed third party cookies.

Yea, I know it's for gags, but couldn't help it, it did seem like a stalker to me. I guess I just need to relax more, or the author wasn't so good with this joke, though it was obvious it was meant to be taken like one.

No, I can tell it's not good, but for a young girl like Yuki, feeling comfortable with another man's embrace than her boyfriend is bad. Not want to be sexist here, is just that Yuki is too much of an overthinking everything, Sho is too much of a kid when it comes to her being with anyone else but him, and the fact Yuki acknowledges Sho's jellousness towards Shizuka and tries to come with and excuse to say it didn't meant anything, besides thinking about that hug every now and then... I can guarantee is bad, lol. So, I really didn't wanna this path for this manga, too much afraid of good mangas turning bad with crap love triangles/polygons etc.

But it's good so far, the author seems to know what she's doing and did a good job with kisstealer, if she's done with her, so I can hope for a better job with Shizuka. You know, I'm too afraid of these things in my fav series, lol.

For now, I don't yet see the usual love triangle/polygon here since the mangaka didn't drag it when she could have. Somehow, I feel that Shizuka would help give her some closure regarding her grandmother or her past being the only one who understand her or something. Of course, that isn't good since it isn't the boyfriend. And, a boyfriend will definitely have a fit if a girlfriend is close with some other guy over something else that the boyfriend 'cannot give'? It seems to be a friend-type..that's the vibe I'm having. Maybe, it is just a set-up for the Winter Cup = rivalry between the two guys.

Hope you're right and indeed seems like a good 'prologue' to their confront at the Winter Cup, but like you said, I'm traumatized by stupid dragged plot lines involving crap triangles/polygons when it'd be very much more enjoyable - for me, at least - to read how the couple struggle with their own issues and insecurities towards each other without a third/fourth wheel to spur things up...

it's just that I'm really tired of this trope/'resource' in romances, have seen pretty good ones turning to bad to even worse when love rivals appeared and gained focus just cause popularity and/or demand to 'enlarge' the plot.

Not really rl issues, though when I was younger I was quite the mess myself, so... lol

I was so happy and excited to finally found this site! I've been searching for someone who can translate the rest of the chapters. Thank you for all your effort! I am a fan of Naruse and Yuki love story. Looking forward to the next chapters! ~ G

Hiyo!! =D

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